Horace Lemon

May 09, 2008

GLOUCESTER — Horace Lemon went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

Horace was born in Baltimore, Md., on Jan. 29, 1925, to the late George and Hallie King Lemon.

Horace was educated in the Gloucester County Public School System. He was a member of Shepherdsville Baptist Church. He served in the United States Army and had retired from the Naval Weapons Station after 30 years of service.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Annetta; three sisters, Jean Ryals, Hallie Estelle Lemon and Harriet Powell; three brothers, Johnnie Lemon, George Lemon Jr. and Richard Richardson.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shepherdsville Baptist Church, 8729 Farys Mill Road, Gloucester. Interment with military rites will be held in the church cemetery. Mr. Lemon will be placed in the church at noon.